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疑う — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • disbelieve verb To not believe; to exercise disbelief.
  • doubt verb To feel uncertain about something, or to believe it is unlikely to be true.
  • impeach verb To formally charge a public official with misconduct, often as a step toward removing them from office.
  • suspect verb To think that something is probably true, without having proof.

Senses

疑う is used for these senses in English:

  • disbelieve To not believe; to exercise disbelief.
  • doubt (ambitransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
  • impeach To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
  • suspect (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

disbelieve — full definition

  1. verb To not believe; to exercise disbelief.
  2. verb To actively deny (a statement, opinion or perception).
  3. verb To cease to believe.

doubt — full definition

  1. verb To feel uncertain about something, or to believe it is unlikely to be true.
  2. noun A feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction about something.

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